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First of all, please note global warming has just got to the Sahara - see https://phys.org/print434971022.html ... global warming has just got to the Sahara

There were 485 scientific papers published in 2017 that support a sceptical position on climate alarmism. Is the climate consensus crumbling? See http://notrickszone.com/2018/01/04/485-scientific-papers-published-in-20... ... or

At https://phys.org/print434179901.html ... excavations at a site in Alaska have found genetic lines of early Native Americans that may have entered N America more than

Robert sent in the link https://crev.info/2018/01/official-saturns-rings-young/ ... from January 3rd. Cassini's experiment, the Cosmic Dust Analyser, has found the micrometeorite flux of Saturn's rings is

This is a New Scientist article - go to www.newscientist.com/articles/dn-18949-the-history-of-ice-on-earth.html ... which concerns the history of ice on Earth (according to mainstream theory). Again, another

At https://cosmosmagazine.com/geoscience/plate-tectonics-the-hidden-key-to-... ... Cosmos is an Australian mainstream science magazine which often has interesting articles on a variety of subjects. In this one it provides

  ... images on the Daily Mail web site. Meanwhile, at https://co2islife.wordpress.com/2018/01/01/no-joke-during-record-cold-sp... ... and https://co2islife.wordpress.com/2018/01/01/co2-is-nearly-33-higher-and-t... ... while at http://notrickszone.com/2017/12/31/the-great-freeze-of-2017-setting-cold... ... which brings us back down

At https://astronomynow.com/2017/12/21/cosmic-filament-probes-our-galaxys-g... ... space telescopes aimed at the heart of the Milky Way, the thought to be location of a giant black hole, have discovered

Monsanto's Roundup bug killer is very popular with farmers as well as backyard gardeners. It has a recipe laden with glyphosate. As a result of

Robert sent in the link at https://astronomynow.com/2017/12/21/mars-and-earth-may-not-have-always-b... ... which tells us Mars and Earth may not always have been neighbours. Another dose of worlds in

At www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-nearby-neutron-star-collision-could... ... a nearby neutron star collision could cause a catastrophe on earth - which begins with the collision of two neutron stars in

At www.astronomy.com/news/2017/12/oldest-fossil-ever-found# ... complex microbes found in rocks dated as early as 3.5 billion years ago imply life on earth began and evolved more quickly

The first full moon of 2018 is a supermoon. The extra brightness on January 1st and 2nd is expected to cause side effects - such

At https://phys.org/print433492885.html ... we have a somewhat long story about a State re-widening project in California that unearthed a lot of fossil animals - but

At http://spaceweather.com  24th December we have news of a sprawling coronal hole that has sent us a nice Christmas present - an auroral display. It

At https://phys.org/print433068635.html ... reports on the discovery from aerial photography and satellite images of the discovery of more than a thousand sites across eastern Syria

   This is an image of Habelia optata, a marine predator which feeded on trilobites (see https://phys.org/print433048787.html ). Geologists as well as palaeontologists have long

Robert sent in the link to https://expertsvar.se/en/pressmeddelanden/electrical-and-chemical-coupli... ... electrical and chemical coupling between Saturn and its rings - Swedish research results published in the journal

The former head of a secret US government programme set up to investigate UFO sightings has told the media that extraterrestrial life may exist -

At www.sciencenews.org/article/sun-corona-outer-atmosphere-complex ... newly analysed images could help solve mysteries about solar wind and the superhot corona. The outer corona may appear smooth and calm